An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes)
An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes)

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, an osaka specialty: ika-yaki (squid pancakes). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Great recipe for An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes). These are the ika-yaki sold at a certain department store, and occasionally at food stalls during summer festivals. I found out just recently that this is only sold in the Kansai area. In other regions, 'ika-yaki' means a whole.

An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook an osaka specialty: ika-yaki (squid pancakes) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes):
  1. Make ready 100 grams - 180 grams Squid
  2. Prepare 140 grams Cake flour
  3. Prepare 10 grams Bread (strong) flour
  4. Prepare 5 grams Katakuriko
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Dashi stock granules
  6. Take 200 grams Water
  7. Make ready 1 Vegetable oil
  8. Make ready 1 Okonomiyaki sauce and takoyaki sauce

If we say "Ika(=squid) yaki", there are a lot of people who imagine grilled squid. However in Osaka, "Ikayaki" is a different type of baked squid using flour dough and baked like a pancake. Because it is not heavy like "Okonomiyaki", it is popular as a light meal or a snack. This is another famous food of Osaka that fits into the same category as the okonomiyaki and takoyaki because it is made from a wheat-based batter.

Instructions to make An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes):
  1. Slice the body of the prepped squid into rounds, then cut into 1cm dice.
  2. Combine the flours, dashi stock granules, and water, and mix until it's slightly sticky (meaning the gluten in the flour has formed).
  3. Add the squid to the batter, and leave for at least 30 minutes. If the batter becomes too firm, add a little water so that it's the consistency of crepe batter.
  4. Add oil in a pan, and pour in the batter (You can add an egg here to upgrade the pancake to a deluxe version.)
  5. When one side is browned, turn the pancake over. Cook the other side while pressing down hard on the pancake with your spatula.
  6. When the pancake is cooked, spread the combined okonomiyaki and takoyaki sauces, fold in half and press.
  7. If you add too much squid, the pancakes will be hard to cook. I'm not too good at cooking these myself. If you're not used to making pancakes, try cooking one with just a little squid added to the batter.
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Because it is not heavy like "Okonomiyaki", it is popular as a light meal or a snack. This is another famous food of Osaka that fits into the same category as the okonomiyaki and takoyaki because it is made from a wheat-based batter. The "ika" of ikayaki means squid and "yaki" means cooked or grilled. So, as you've probably guessed, the basic ingredient of the dish is squid. Ika No Sugata Yaki is a flavoursome and straightforward recipe, which comprises of grilled whole squid with soy sauce or other sauces.

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